Urban Sustainable Living - June 11

Well into spring; we're getting some fruit and vegies from our spring plantings, vines and trees. A little behind due to some late spring cold nights and new dogs that got into much of our early plantings. Researched how to keep dogs from digging in your garden. The experts said the best way was to build a fence. So we built fences.

These pups are chewers. The pictured mini-green house was originally covered in plastic sheeting. They ate it off. Since it had warmed up we covered it with fabric screen and sprayed with bitter apple dog anti-chew spray. They chewed it anyway. So now it is covered in metal garden mesh. I'll line the inside with plastic next spring. Too late for greenhouse now (96 F outside now), but will double as a mini-tractor for day time feeding for our younger chicks until we mix them in with the older chickens. And yes, those chicks we thought were 4 white bantam Cochins turned out to be 1 Cochin, 2 Frizzles, and a Silkie (the one with the white afro).